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Unlocking the Drive with the WD SmartWare Software, Password, Unlock

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MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Unlocking the Drive with the WD SmartWare Software Whenever you shut down and restart your computer, or disconnect and reconnect the drive to your computer, the WD SmartWare software displays a Drive is locked message in place of the Content Gauge for your My Passport drive: To unlock the drive using the WD SmartWare software: 1. As prompted, click the My Passport image above the Drive is locked message to open the WD SmartWare drive unlock screen: 2. Type your password in the Password box. 3. Click Unlock to unlock your drive and enable the WD SmartWare software. Unlocking the Drive Without the WD SmartWare Software Whenever you connect your password-protected drive to a computer that does not have the WD SmartWare software installed, you can use the WD SmartWare Drive Unlock utility to unlock the drive there. The WD SmartWare software provides the Drive Unlock utility on a "virtual" CD drive that appears under My Computer in your Windows Explorer display whenever the drive is password protected. LOCKING AND UNLOCKING THE DRIVE - 28

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MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE
USER MANUAL
LOCKING AND UNLOCKING THE DRIVE
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Unlocking the Drive with the WD SmartWare Software
Whenever you shut down and restart your computer, or disconnect and reconnect the
drive to your computer, the WD SmartWare software displays a
Drive is locked
message in place of the Content Gauge for your My Passport drive:
To unlock the drive using the WD SmartWare software:
1.
As prompted, click the My Passport image above the
Drive is locked
message to
open the WD SmartWare drive unlock screen:
2.
Type your password in the
Password
box.
3.
Click
Unlock
to unlock your drive and enable the WD SmartWare software.
Unlocking the Drive Without the WD SmartWare Software
Whenever you connect your password-protected drive to a computer that does not have
the WD SmartWare software installed, you can use the WD SmartWare Drive Unlock
utility to unlock the drive there. The WD SmartWare software provides the Drive Unlock
utility on a “virtual” CD drive that appears under My Computer in your Windows Explorer
display whenever the drive is password protected.